[Flexradio] SVN error
Hi anyone can access to SVN repository ? Stating yesterday afternoon the connection close with connection closed unexpectedly 73 beppe IK3VIG ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Frequency display
I fear that this is a question I should know the answer to, or is in the manual somewhere, but... I have a SDR1000 without 100 watt PA. I want to use the HF output at 28-30MHz to drive a transverter. But I want to change the display frequency to show the transverted frequency. So, using a 70MHz transverter, I want to transmit on 28.2MHz but have the display show 70.2MHz. How do I do it? 73 David, G4YTL ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Space Nav - Focus
Most controllers send keystrokes to the program, which requires the program to have focus. Space Navigator uses a device interface, which becomes part of the program. Any device that uses a device interface can be added into PowerSDR, but it requires custom code. 73 Ed W2RF -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex- radio.biz] On Behalf Of David Painter Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 12:26 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Space Nav - Focus What property of the Space Navigator enables it to retain its focus on PSDR??? Could this property be transferred to PSDR enabling other commercially available and home-brewed input devices to work in the same way. Keep it simple guystechnically challenged here!! TIA David - G4PNX ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex- radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Frequency display
i should be able to answer this one but someone should verify it. click the XVTR's button and assign button zero to the parameters you want and LO offset if you know itdon't click xvtr rf tx at the end. Then click VHF button front panel to find your created band. make sure under general you unclick 100w PA presentconnect the txvr to the main HF bnc. Paul vk3ddu I fear that this is a question I should know the answer to, or is in the manual somewhere, but... I have a SDR1000 without 100 watt PA. I want to use the HF output at 28-30MHz to drive a transverter. But I want to change the display frequency to show the transverted frequency. So, using a 70MHz transverter, I want to transmit on 28.2MHz but have the display show 70.2MHz. How do I do it? 73 David, G4YTL ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: [SPAM] sdr1000 + wsjt + edirol fa-66, , , your set up please ?
Oh boy. The loaded what PC is best question :-) Let me start with a caveat. Your mileage WILL vary. In general, whatever you get today, unless it is a real low budget PC, should work just fine. As a rule of thumb, because PowerSDR is very mathematically computational, processors with larger L2 caches and faster FSBs will be better if the clock rate is equal. Fast dual channel DDR2 (or DDR3) that compliments the fast FSB is also recommended. You can review this KB article for more specifics. http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50063.aspx Based on the processors listed, I'd go with the E7400. Motherboards are another enigma. There are chipsets to consider, all of the integrated goodies, number and type of bus slots, etc that you have to consider. I have not been in the market to buy one, so I haven't been comparing them lately. I have had good luck with Asus and MSI in years past. Also, when it comes to motherboards, unfortunately not all are the same in the performance department. The same characteristics that gamers look for in a motherboard are some of the same characteristics that you should look for in a motherboard for a real-time sound process application, like PowerSDR. I am not a big fan of over clocking, nor does PowerSDR need the screaming 3D graphics capability (yet?), but games are also very mathematically computational. There are web sites. Like Tom's Hardware (http://www.tomshardware.com) that is full of information, you just have to distill it a bit to get what you want out of it. I am also not a big fan of integrated motherboard Firewire host adapters, although a lot of them work just fine, I prefer using a PCI or PCI-E bus type card. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Paul Radge Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 12:21 AM To: Flex Radio Subject: [SPAM] Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] sdr1000 + wsjt + edirol fa-66, , , your set up please ? Tim, thank you for your continued support ,,you truely are the back bone of this forum, I'm going to rip the motherboard and cpu P4 ,3gig out of this pc and replace ithave you any prefference when it comes to motherboards regarding BUS speeds L2 cache etc etc or is anything new good enough these days,,, i'm looking at fitting either a E5400($136) or E7400 CPU($183) with the ASUS P5KPL-1600($109)or P5QL-SE($149) and 4 gig ddr2ram800 i'm wondering if int he SDR game is the cut should be on the cpu and the extra maybe on the motherboard your thoughts please ??? Also open to anyone else's opinion of course re new pc build and the sdr1k + edirol + wsjt Paul vk3ddu ps to allstill no response from anyone using a sdr1k + edirol == Hi Tim, looking for more feedback please. Microsoft have sent me the hotifxwhere should i unzip this file to ,,??? how can i tell the firewire card is running at 400 or 100 re IRQ'smy system info won't open,,,i've turned everything back on that i disable to trim XP yet no info to see IRQ's just the egg timer and then nothingdevice manager tells me it's on 19 though.Have you any idea how i can get sys info to go again ??? My brain is a little pickled at the moment ,,is there a link to setting up wsjt with the sdr1k and the edirol please,,,??? In general to all, i've had no feedback from anyone running SDR1K and WSJT and Edirol with their settings ,,,still hoping for some info there please regards Paul vk3ddu I assume you are running Windows XP If you haven't done so, look at the Firewire optimization recommendations. http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50013.aspx Along with the updates if needed http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50281.aspx -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Paul Radge Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 8:41 AM To: Flex Radio Subject: [SPAM] [Flexradio] sdr1000 + wsjt + edirol fa-66,,,your set up please ? Hi all, i've upgraded to the Edirol with Sunix firewire card recomended from the knowledge base I've followed the pdf instructions on th equick start guide,,as per these instructions the tx audio pops and clicks even worse than before. Could someone that is running WSJT on a SDR1000 with the Edirol please send me their set up detailsincluding; Edirol control panel setting VAC 4.09 (bought my own incase the other was corrupt) PSDR either V1.16.1 OR v1.16.2,,Audio primary and VAC WSJT ,,,audio in ,,audio out settings Roman are you still out there my friend ?? (Worth noting my Edirol would not power off the Bus a fresh brand new dual core will be next) Onwards Paul vk3ddu please note my VK3DDU email is down and if you wish to email directly pra...@tpg.com.au
[Flexradio] New PC build
I decided to upgrade from my Dell 8400 dual core PC to a new custom build. This will be my station PC to also run my Flex 5000A. I like overbuilt systems that are somewhat RF free. Before I plop down $500-$600 on the components, I would feel better if some of the gurus here would confirm or correct me in any items I have chosen to go with. NewEgg seems to have everything in stock. MB: ASRock AOD790GX/128M AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GZ ATX type PS: Antec EA560 CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 940 Deneb 3.0GHz 125w Quad core, black edition. 4x512 L2 cache 6MB L3 cache RAM: Corsair Dominator (2 x 2GB) SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Already have 2 WD internal SATA HDs and 2 DVD R/W. Set in to an Antec 300 all metal case. I'd like to try the MOBO's integrated firewire first. I'm also considering the MSI 790GX-G65 AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD MB w/ 1Gb DDR3 Side-Port Memory, Hybrid CFX but I'm not sure of that MOBO's support quality. Feedback? Many thanks!! Joe, WC4R www.wc4r.com www.WilliamsburgWX.com _ Rediscover Hotmail®: Now available on your iPhone or BlackBerry http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Mobile2_042009 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] New PC build
Hi Joe, Below is what I built for the Flex5000. All from Newegg. I also purchased a PCI Firewire card and discarded it as the on-board firewire input was much better. I know this is not the road you are looking at but maybe will help in some way. Seems to work great for me! The video card is dual DVI output because I use two HD monitors. Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8500 - Retail $190.00 6mb L2 Cache ASUS P5Q Pro LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - $139.00 HIS Hightech H365F1GNP Radeon HD 3650 1GB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail $90.00 mushkin 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 996599 - Retail $124.00 Good luck with it all. Stan - Original Message - From: Joe Roth w...@live.com To: Flex Radio flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 9:01 AM Subject: [Flexradio] New PC build I decided to upgrade from my Dell 8400 dual core PC to a new custom build. This will be my station PC to also run my Flex 5000A. I like overbuilt systems that are somewhat RF free. Before I plop down $500-$600 on the components, I would feel better if some of the gurus here would confirm or correct me in any items I have chosen to go with. NewEgg seems to have everything in stock. MB: ASRock AOD790GX/128M AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GZ ATX type PS: Antec EA560 CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 940 Deneb 3.0GHz 125w Quad core, black edition. 4x512 L2 cache 6MB L3 cache RAM: Corsair Dominator (2 x 2GB) SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Already have 2 WD internal SATA HDs and 2 DVD R/W. Set in to an Antec 300 all metal case. I'd like to try the MOBO's integrated firewire first. I'm also considering the MSI 790GX-G65 AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD MB w/ 1Gb DDR3 Side-Port Memory, Hybrid CFX but I'm not sure of that MOBO's support quality. Feedback? Many thanks!! Joe, WC4R www.wc4r.com www.WilliamsburgWX.com _ Rediscover Hotmail®: Now available on your iPhone or BlackBerry http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Mobile2_042009 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Frequency display
I knew the answer would be that I was doing something stupid!!! I had clicked the xvtr rf tx and that prevented it doing what I wanted it to do! Many thanks Paul David Paul Radge pra...@tpg.com.au 21/04/2009 11:33 i should be able to answer this one but someone should verify it. click the XVTR's button and assign button zero to the parameters you want and LO offset if you know itdon't click xvtr rf tx at the end. Then click VHF button front panel to find your created band. make sure under general you unclick 100w PA presentconnect the txvr to the main HF bnc. Paul vk3ddu I fear that this is a question I should know the answer to, or is in the manual somewhere, but... I have a SDR1000 without 100 watt PA. I want to use the HF output at 28-30MHz to drive a transverter. But I want to change the display frequency to show the transverted frequency. So, using a 70MHz transverter, I want to transmit on 28.2MHz but have the display show 70.2MHz. How do I do it? 73 David, G4YTL ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: [SPAM] sdr1000 + wsjt + edirol fa-66, , , your set up please ?
Hi Tim, My blog continues :) I have had some success today and now have wsjt transmitting with no pops or crackles from the old P4 3gig machine. I found a picture online of someone's VAC set up and they had BPS 8 ,,,32 i had i had 8,,,16 not sure what that is but i adjusted to 32 and gave it a buffer of 2048 with MS per int of 3. In PSDR 1.16.2 i adjusted all buffers to 2048 and vac sample rate of 48000. I was reading the manual about the display refresh rate and pushed it up to 50 and observed the cpu usage climbing.I adjusted the cpu meter to 250ms and got the shock of my life.The cpu was pinging on receive with wsjt running the panafall was freezing. I turned off the display mode and the cpu meter settled down so i went for the tx and low n behold no pops or crackles from the audio output of the Edirol with the Sunix firewire card.WSJT txing clean audio now :) but the poor old cpu is getting hammered,,,however the issue is with the pc which makes me happy. Thanks for the link that was useful also, i'm going to try go for a Intel cpu with 12mb Cache and a bus speed of 1333mhz probably a 4 core unit,,, Tim thanks for your help on this subject which i feel is starting to close now,,,i will keep you posted on the pc build. kind regards and thanks for your patiencei've got more questions on a different subject but will start a new thread for that soon :) Paul vk3ddu Oh boy. The loaded what PC is best question :-) Let me start with a caveat. Your mileage WILL vary. In general, whatever you get today, unless it is a real low budget PC, should work just fine. As a rule of thumb, because PowerSDR is very mathematically computational, processors with larger L2 caches and faster FSBs will be better if the clock rate is equal. Fast dual channel DDR2 (or DDR3) that compliments the fast FSB is also recommended. You can review this KB article for more specifics. http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50063.aspx Based on the processors listed, I'd go with the E7400. Motherboards are another enigma. There are chipsets to consider, all of the integrated goodies, number and type of bus slots, etc that you have to consider. I have not been in the market to buy one, so I haven't been comparing them lately. I have had good luck with Asus and MSI in years past. Also, when it comes to motherboards, unfortunately not all are the same in the performance department. The same characteristics that gamers look for in a motherboard are some of the same characteristics that you should look for in a motherboard for a real-time sound process application, like PowerSDR. I am not a big fan of over clocking, nor does PowerSDR need the screaming 3D graphics capability (yet?), but games are also very mathematically computational. There are web sites. Like Tom's Hardware (http://www.tomshardware.com) that is full of information, you just have to distill it a bit to get what you want out of it. I am also not a big fan of integrated motherboard Firewire host adapters, although a lot of them work just fine, I prefer using a PCI or PCI-E bus type card. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Paul Radge Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 12:21 AM To: Flex Radio Subject: [SPAM] Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] sdr1000 + wsjt + edirol fa-66, , , your set up please ? Tim, thank you for your continued support ,,you truely are the back bone of this forum, I'm going to rip the motherboard and cpu P4 ,3gig out of this pc and replace ithave you any prefference when it comes to motherboards regarding BUS speeds L2 cache etc etc or is anything new good enough these days,,, i'm looking at fitting either a E5400($136) or E7400 CPU($183) with the ASUS P5KPL-1600($109)or P5QL-SE($149) and 4 gig ddr2ram800 i'm wondering if int he SDR game is the cut should be on the cpu and the extra maybe on the motherboard your thoughts please ??? Also open to anyone else's opinion of course re new pc build and the sdr1k + edirol + wsjt Paul vk3ddu ps to allstill no response from anyone using a sdr1k + edirol == Hi Tim, looking for more feedback please. Microsoft have sent me the hotifxwhere should i unzip this file to ,,??? how can i tell the firewire card is running at 400 or 100 re IRQ'smy system info won't open,,,i've turned everything back on that i disable to trim XP yet no info to see IRQ's just the egg timer and then nothingdevice manager tells me it's on 19 though.Have you any idea how i can get sys info to go again ??? My brain is a little pickled at the moment ,,is there a link to setting up wsjt with the sdr1k and the edirol please,,,??? In general to all, i've had no feedback from anyone running SDR1K and WSJT and Edirol with their settings ,,,still hoping for
Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: [SPAM] Re: [SPAM] sdr1000 + wsjt + edirol fa-66, , , your set up please ?
Excellent progress. It sounds like you are on the right path. I'll be interested in the PC build and how it all works out. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Paul Radge Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 11:03 AM To: Flex Radio Subject: [SPAM] Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: [SPAM] sdr1000 + wsjt + edirol fa-66, , , your set up please ? Hi Tim, My blog continues :) I have had some success today and now have wsjt transmitting with no pops or crackles from the old P4 3gig machine. I found a picture online of someone's VAC set up and they had BPS 8 ,,,32 i had i had 8,,,16 not sure what that is but i adjusted to 32 and gave it a buffer of 2048 with MS per int of 3. In PSDR 1.16.2 i adjusted all buffers to 2048 and vac sample rate of 48000. I was reading the manual about the display refresh rate and pushed it up to 50 and observed the cpu usage climbing.I adjusted the cpu meter to 250ms and got the shock of my life.The cpu was pinging on receive with wsjt running the panafall was freezing. I turned off the display mode and the cpu meter settled down so i went for the tx and low n behold no pops or crackles from the audio output of the Edirol with the Sunix firewire card.WSJT txing clean audio now :) but the poor old cpu is getting hammered,,,however the issue is with the pc which makes me happy. Thanks for the link that was useful also, i'm going to try go for a Intel cpu with 12mb Cache and a bus speed of 1333mhz probably a 4 core unit,,, Tim thanks for your help on this subject which i feel is starting to close now,,,i will keep you posted on the pc build. kind regards and thanks for your patiencei've got more questions on a different subject but will start a new thread for that soon :) Paul vk3ddu Oh boy. The loaded what PC is best question :-) Let me start with a caveat. Your mileage WILL vary. In general, whatever you get today, unless it is a real low budget PC, should work just fine. As a rule of thumb, because PowerSDR is very mathematically computational, processors with larger L2 caches and faster FSBs will be better if the clock rate is equal. Fast dual channel DDR2 (or DDR3) that compliments the fast FSB is also recommended. You can review this KB article for more specifics. http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50063.aspx Based on the processors listed, I'd go with the E7400. Motherboards are another enigma. There are chipsets to consider, all of the integrated goodies, number and type of bus slots, etc that you have to consider. I have not been in the market to buy one, so I haven't been comparing them lately. I have had good luck with Asus and MSI in years past. Also, when it comes to motherboards, unfortunately not all are the same in the performance department. The same characteristics that gamers look for in a motherboard are some of the same characteristics that you should look for in a motherboard for a real-time sound process application, like PowerSDR. I am not a big fan of over clocking, nor does PowerSDR need the screaming 3D graphics capability (yet?), but games are also very mathematically computational. There are web sites. Like Tom's Hardware (http://www.tomshardware.com) that is full of information, you just have to distill it a bit to get what you want out of it. I am also not a big fan of integrated motherboard Firewire host adapters, although a lot of them work just fine, I prefer using a PCI or PCI-E bus type card. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Paul Radge Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 12:21 AM To: Flex Radio Subject: [SPAM] Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] sdr1000 + wsjt + edirol fa-66, , , your set up please ? Tim, thank you for your continued support ,,you truely are the back bone of this forum, I'm going to rip the motherboard and cpu P4 ,3gig out of this pc and replace ithave you any prefference when it comes to motherboards regarding BUS speeds L2 cache etc etc or is anything new good enough these days,,, i'm looking at fitting either a E5400($136) or E7400 CPU($183) with the ASUS P5KPL-1600($109)or P5QL-SE($149) and 4 gig ddr2ram800 i'm wondering if int he SDR game is the cut should be on the cpu and the extra maybe on the motherboard your thoughts please ??? Also open to anyone else's opinion of course re new pc build and the sdr1k + edirol + wsjt Paul vk3ddu ps to allstill no response from anyone using a sdr1k + edirol == Hi Tim, looking for more feedback please. Microsoft have sent me the hotifxwhere should i unzip this file to ,,??? how can i tell the firewire card is running at 400 or 100 re IRQ'smy system info won't open,,,i've turned everything back on that i disable to trim XP
[Flexradio] DDUtil
DDUtil has failed. Was working fine and it shut the whole system. I rebooted and everything works except ddutil. When I try to bring it up I get the message:DDUtil has encountered a problem and needs to close Any suggestions ? Art, K8JK ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] New PC build
If I was shopping for a new machine today, I would give serious consideration to this $600 4GB Intel Quad Systemax screamer at TigerDirect: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4234804CatId=3423 - it has serial and parallel ports as well as some empty expansion slots and even includes a downgrade to XP Pro. No Firewire port. Anybody here already using it? Jerry W4UK At 13:01 4/21/2009, Joe Roth wrote: I decided to upgrade from my Dell 8400 dual core PC to a new custom build. This will be my station PC to also run my Flex 5000A. I like overbuilt systems that are somewhat RF free. Before I plop down $500-$600 on the components, I would feel better if some of the gurus here would confirm or correct me in any items I have chosen to go with. NewEgg seems to have everything in stock. MB: ASRock AOD790GX/128M AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GZ ATX type PS: Antec EA560 CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 940 Deneb 3.0GHz 125w Quad core, black edition. 4x512 L2 cache 6MB L3 cache RAM: Corsair Dominator (2 x 2GB) SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Already have 2 WD internal SATA HDs and 2 DVD R/W. Set in to an Antec 300 all metal case. I'd like to try the MOBO's integrated firewire first. I'm also considering the MSI 790GX-G65 AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD MB w/ 1Gb DDR3 Side-Port Memory, Hybrid CFX but I'm not sure of that MOBO's support quality. Feedback? Many thanks!! Joe, WC4R www.wc4r.com www.WilliamsburgWX.com _ Rediscover Hotmail®: Now available on your iPhone or BlackBerry http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Mobile2_042009 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: [SPAM] sdr1000 + wsjt + edirol fa-66, , , your set up please ?
Paul, Good progress and just goes to show that it can be done. As you push the edge of system resources, all the timing in the SW becomes critical. A simple change (as you found) can be the key. That should be one nice machine once you have it built, be sure to let everyone know the progress.. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ Paul Radge wrote: Hi Tim, My blog continues :) I have had some success today and now have wsjt transmitting with no pops or crackles from the old P4 3gig machine. I found a picture online of someone's VAC set up and they had BPS 8 ,,,32 i had i had 8,,,16 not sure what that is but i adjusted to 32 and gave it a buffer of 2048 with MS per int of 3. In PSDR 1.16.2 i adjusted all buffers to 2048 and vac sample rate of 48000. I was reading the manual about the display refresh rate and pushed it up to 50 and observed the cpu usage climbing.I adjusted the cpu meter to 250ms and got the shock of my life.The cpu was pinging on receive with wsjt running the panafall was freezing. I turned off the display mode and the cpu meter settled down so i went for the tx and low n behold no pops or crackles from the audio output of the Edirol with the Sunix firewire card.WSJT txing clean audio now :) but the poor old cpu is getting hammered,,,however the issue is with the pc which makes me happy. Thanks for the link that was useful also, i'm going to try go for a Intel cpu with 12mb Cache and a bus speed of 1333mhz probably a 4 core unit,,, Tim thanks for your help on this subject which i feel is starting to close now,,,i will keep you posted on the pc build. kind regards and thanks for your patiencei've got more questions on a different subject but will start a new thread for that soon :) Paul vk3ddu Oh boy. The loaded what PC is best question :-) Let me start with a caveat. Your mileage WILL vary. In general, whatever you get today, unless it is a real low budget PC, should work just fine. As a rule of thumb, because PowerSDR is very mathematically computational, processors with larger L2 caches and faster FSBs will be better if the clock rate is equal. Fast dual channel DDR2 (or DDR3) that compliments the fast FSB is also recommended. You can review this KB article for more specifics. http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50063.aspx Based on the processors listed, I'd go with the E7400. Motherboards are another enigma. There are chipsets to consider, all of the integrated goodies, number and type of bus slots, etc that you have to consider. I have not been in the market to buy one, so I haven't been comparing them lately. I have had good luck with Asus and MSI in years past. Also, when it comes to motherboards, unfortunately not all are the same in the performance department. The same characteristics that gamers look for in a motherboard are some of the same characteristics that you should look for in a motherboard for a real-time sound process application, like PowerSDR. I am not a big fan of over clocking, nor does PowerSDR need the screaming 3D graphics capability (yet?), but games are also very mathematically computational. There are web sites. Like Tom's Hardware (http://www.tomshardware.com) that is full of information, you just have to distill it a bit to get what you want out of it. I am also not a big fan of integrated motherboard Firewire host adapters, although a lot of them work just fine, I prefer using a PCI or PCI-E bus type card. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Paul Radge Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 12:21 AM To: Flex Radio Subject: [SPAM] Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] sdr1000 + wsjt + edirol fa-66, , , your set up please ? Tim, thank you for your continued support ,,you truely are the back bone of this forum, I'm going to rip the motherboard and cpu P4 ,3gig out of this pc and replace ithave you any prefference when it comes to motherboards regarding BUS speeds L2 cache etc etc or is anything new good enough these days,,, i'm looking at fitting either a E5400($136) or E7400 CPU($183) with the ASUS P5KPL-1600($109)or P5QL-SE($149) and 4 gig ddr2ram800 i'm wondering if int he SDR game is the cut should be on the cpu and the extra maybe on the motherboard your thoughts please ??? Also open to anyone else's opinion of course re new pc build and the sdr1k + edirol + wsjt Paul vk3ddu ps to allstill no response from anyone using a sdr1k + edirol == Hi Tim, looking for more feedback please. Microsoft have sent me the hotifxwhere should i unzip this file to ,,??? how can i tell the firewire card is running at 400 or 100 re IRQ'smy system info won't open,,,i've turned everything back on that i disable to trim XP yet no info to see IRQ's just the egg timer and then
Re: [Flexradio] SVN error
Seems to be working for me this morning. Might have been server maintenance or something like that. Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 3:13 AM, Giuseppe Campana gcamp...@telemar.itwrote: Hi anyone can access to SVN repository ? Stating yesterday afternoon the connection close with connection closed unexpectedly 73 beppe IK3VIG ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Program stopping
When I bounce back and forth from my email program sometimes my SDR will stop and I will have to hit the stop and then start button to get the SDR going again. Any suggestions for this fix? I'm running AMD Athlon 3800+ Processor 64 x 2 dual core 1024 mb ram and Vista.NVidea 6150 graphics. N4zvnED ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] DDUtil
You didn't say which version. But I encountered an error like that. It was caused by my changing some com0com settings on the fly. If your using com0com or any other virtual port, did you make any changes? - Original Message - From: w8...@yahoo.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 10:26 AM Subject: [Flexradio] DDUtil DDUtil has failed. Was working fine and it shut the whole system. I rebooted and everything works except ddutil. When I try to bring it up I get the message:DDUtil has encountered a problem and needs to close Any suggestions ? Art, K8JK ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Program stopping
Ed, Stop using e-mail :-P If you have a DPC latency checker going when you do this, I suspect you will see a very long duration spike. This is what is responsible the freeze. In order to try and resolve DPC issues, update all of the drivers for your hardware, including the motherboard chipset drivers. Also check to see if there is a BIOS update. That has been known to fix DPCs on some motherboards. Microsoft Outlook is NOTORIOUS for doing this. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Ed Helms Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 12:56 PM To: flex radio Subject: [Flexradio] Program stopping When I bounce back and forth from my email program sometimes my SDR will stop and I will have to hit the stop and then start button to get the SDR going again. Any suggestions for this fix? I'm running AMD Athlon 3800+ Processor 64 x 2 dual core 1024 mb ram and Vista.NVidea 6150 graphics. N4zvnED ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] DDUtil
Art, Make sure all port numbers in com0com begin with COM, or it will cause DDUtil to crash. This problem has been addressed in version 1.7.1. 73, Steve K5FR -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of w8...@yahoo.com Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 10:27 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] DDUtil DDUtil has failed. Was working fine and it shut the whole system. I rebooted and everything works except ddutil. When I try to bring it up I get the message:DDUtil has encountered a problem and needs to close Any suggestions ? Art, K8JK ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Program stopping
Vista with only 1024 Mb of RAM? I only have 1024 Mb with XP and I wish I had more. At a minimum, Vista needs double the amount needed for XP. Carl WC0V - Original Message - From: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com To: Ed Helms n4z...@gmail.com; Flex Radio flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 12:05 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Program stopping Ed, Stop using e-mail :-P If you have a DPC latency checker going when you do this, I suspect you will see a very long duration spike. This is what is responsible the freeze. In order to try and resolve DPC issues, update all of the drivers for your hardware, including the motherboard chipset drivers. Also check to see if there is a BIOS update. That has been known to fix DPCs on some motherboards. Microsoft Outlook is NOTORIOUS for doing this. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Ed Helms Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 12:56 PM To: flex radio Subject: [Flexradio] Program stopping When I bounce back and forth from my email program sometimes my SDR will stop and I will have to hit the stop and then start button to get the SDR going again. Any suggestions for this fix? I'm running AMD Athlon 3800+ Processor 64 x 2 dual core 1024 mb ram and Vista.NVidea 6150 graphics. N4zvnED ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Program stopping
Vista 64 needs 4 gig and Vista 32 needs 2 gig or it's going to be a slow, frustrating go at just about anything. 73, Dale W4NBF -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Carl Vangsness Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 1:20 PM To: Tim Ellison; Ed Helms; Flex Radio Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Program stopping Vista with only 1024 Mb of RAM? I only have 1024 Mb with XP and I wish I had more. At a minimum, Vista needs double the amount needed for XP. Carl WC0V - Original Message - From: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com To: Ed Helms n4z...@gmail.com; Flex Radio flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 12:05 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Program stopping Ed, Stop using e-mail :-P If you have a DPC latency checker going when you do this, I suspect you will see a very long duration spike. This is what is responsible the freeze. In order to try and resolve DPC issues, update all of the drivers for your hardware, including the motherboard chipset drivers. Also check to see if there is a BIOS update. That has been known to fix DPCs on some motherboards. Microsoft Outlook is NOTORIOUS for doing this. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Ed Helms Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 12:56 PM To: flex radio Subject: [Flexradio] Program stopping When I bounce back and forth from my email program sometimes my SDR will stop and I will have to hit the stop and then start button to get the SDR going again. Any suggestions for this fix? I'm running AMD Athlon 3800+ Processor 64 x 2 dual core 1024 mb ram and Vista.NVidea 6150 graphics. N4zvnED ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Program stopping
On Apr 21, 2009, at 11:37 AM, Dale Sewell W4NBF wrote: Vista 64 needs 4 gig and Vista 32 needs 2 gig or it's going to be a slow, frustrating go at just about anything. Do you realize just how insane that sounds? Vista is running the same programs but requires twice the memory? The memory footprint of the programs hasn't changed. Jeez. 73 de Brian, WB6RQN/J79BPL ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Program stopping
But there is twice as much OS code in Vista over XP.. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ Brian Lloyd wrote: On Apr 21, 2009, at 11:37 AM, Dale Sewell W4NBF wrote: Vista 64 needs 4 gig and Vista 32 needs 2 gig or it's going to be a slow, frustrating go at just about anything. Do you realize just how insane that sounds? Vista is running the same programs but requires twice the memory? The memory footprint of the programs hasn't changed. Jeez. 73 de Brian, WB6RQN/J79BPL ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Monitoring 14.329 for Flex 3000s
By this time there should have been some Flex 3000s delivered out there.. I will be monitoring 14.329 Mhz on 20 and CQ100 (same freq as the Sunday Net)so if you would like to show it off or need some assistance, go to 14.329. Twenty meters is not real good right now, but give it a try.. -- 73, Dudley WA5QPZ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Monitoring 14.329 for Flex 3000s
Thanks Dudley...mine is being delivered tomorrow! 73, Jim - Original Message - From: Dudley Hurry jhu...@austin.rr.com To: FlexRadio reflector flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 3:23 PM Subject: [Flexradio] Monitoring 14.329 for Flex 3000s By this time there should have been some Flex 3000s delivered out there.. I will be monitoring 14.329 Mhz on 20 and CQ100 (same freq as the Sunday Net)so if you would like to show it off or need some assistance, go to 14.329. Twenty meters is not real good right now, but give it a try.. -- 73, Dudley WA5QPZ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Program stopping
On Apr 21, 2009, at 12:12 PM, Dudley Hurry wrote: But there is twice as much OS code in Vista over XP.. You make my point for me. My point is that Vista does nothing substantive over and above XP yet has twice as much code. The basic job of the OS has not changed at all. It provides a run-time environment for programs. It still does the same task scheduling, memory management, I/O, etc. The job hasn't changed one iota. For our purposes it does nothing different. So what does all that extra code actually do? Make the screen look cooler when you aren't doing anything? But then, XP didn't do anything more than Win2K did either. Mind boggling. Brian Lloyd Granite Bay Montessori School 9330 Sierra College Bl brian AT gbmontessori DOT com Roseville, CA 95661 +1.916.367.2131 (voice)+1.791.912.8170 (fax) PGP key ID: 12095C52A32A1B6C PGP key fingerprint: 3B1D BA11 4913 3254 B6E0 CC09 1209 5C52 A32A 1B6C ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Monitoring 14.329 for Flex 3000s
Dudley, Has Flex given any thought to using 40m instead of or along with 20m as a get together frequency? Dennis Petrich Amateur Radio Station K0EOO Lakeville Minnesota USA k0...@arrl.net 952-898-1082 - Original Message - From: Jim Kunowsky k4e...@verizon.net To: Dudley Hurry jhu...@austin.rr.com, FlexRadio reflector flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 2:33:31 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Monitoring 14.329 for Flex 3000s Thanks Dudley...mine is being delivered tomorrow! 73, Jim - Original Message - From: Dudley Hurry jhu...@austin.rr.com To: FlexRadio reflector flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 3:23 PM Subject: [Flexradio] Monitoring 14.329 for Flex 3000s By this time there should have been some Flex 3000s delivered out there.. I will be monitoring 14.329 Mhz on 20 and CQ100 (same freq as the Sunday Net)so if you would like to show it off or need some assistance, go to 14.329. Twenty meters is not real good right now, but give it a try.. -- 73, Dudley WA5QPZ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Monitoring 14.329 for Flex 3000s
Super, check in on 14.329 if you get a chance. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ Jim Kunowsky wrote: Thanks Dudley...mine is being delivered tomorrow! 73, Jim - Original Message - From: Dudley Hurry jhu...@austin.rr.com To: FlexRadio reflector flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 3:23 PM Subject: [Flexradio] Monitoring 14.329 for Flex 3000s By this time there should have been some Flex 3000s delivered out there.. I will be monitoring 14.329 Mhz on 20 and CQ100 (same freq as the Sunday Net)so if you would like to show it off or need some assistance, go to 14.329. Twenty meters is not real good right now, but give it a try.. -- 73, Dudley WA5QPZ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Program stopping
Since MS wants to stop supporting XP soon mainly due to Win7's arrival, has Flex been testing with any versions of Win 7? Like it or not, many will be using Win 7 soon enough. (I personally like Ubuntu). Joe www.wc4r.com www.WilliamsburgWX.com Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:12:53 -0500 From: jhu...@austin.rr.com To: brian-wb6...@lloyd.com CC: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Program stopping But there is twice as much OS code in Vista over XP.. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ Brian Lloyd wrote: On Apr 21, 2009, at 11:37 AM, Dale Sewell W4NBF wrote: Vista 64 needs 4 gig and Vista 32 needs 2 gig or it's going to be a slow, frustrating go at just about anything. Do you realize just how insane that sounds? Vista is running the same programs but requires twice the memory? The memory footprint of the programs hasn't changed. Jeez. 73 de Brian, WB6RQN/J79BPL _ Windows Live™ SkyDrive™: Get 25 GB of free online storage. http://windowslive.com/online/skydrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_skydrive_042009 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Program stopping
Well, it makes Micro$oft a lot more money! jim KQ6EA --- On Tue, 4/21/09, Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com wrote: From: Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Program stopping To: Dudley Hurry jhu...@austin.rr.com Cc: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 12:42 PM On Apr 21, 2009, at 12:12 PM, Dudley Hurry wrote: But there is twice as much OS code in Vista over XP.. You make my point for me. My point is that Vista does nothing substantive over and above XP yet has twice as much code. The basic job of the OS has not changed at all. It provides a run-time environment for programs. It still does the same task scheduling, memory management, I/O, etc. The job hasn't changed one iota. For our purposes it does nothing different. So what does all that extra code actually do? Make the screen look cooler when you aren't doing anything? But then, XP didn't do anything more than Win2K did either. Mind boggling. Brian Lloyd Granite Bay Montessori School 9330 Sierra College Bl brian AT gbmontessori DOT com Roseville, CA 95661 +1.916.367.2131 (voice)+1.791.912.8170 (fax) PGP key ID: 12095C52A32A1B6C PGP key fingerprint: 3B1D BA11 4913 3254 B6E0 CC09 1209 5C52 A32A 1B6C ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: Program stopping
There has been some cursory testing, but nothing substantial will happen until it is released. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Joe Roth Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 3:55 PM To: jhu...@austin.rr.com; Flex Radio Subject: [SPAM] Re: [Flexradio] Program stopping Since MS wants to stop supporting XP soon mainly due to Win7's arrival, has Flex been testing with any versions of Win 7? Like it or not, many will be using Win 7 soon enough. (I personally like Ubuntu). Joe www.wc4r.com www.WilliamsburgWX.com Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:12:53 -0500 From: jhu...@austin.rr.com To: brian-wb6...@lloyd.com CC: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Program stopping But there is twice as much OS code in Vista over XP.. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ Brian Lloyd wrote: On Apr 21, 2009, at 11:37 AM, Dale Sewell W4NBF wrote: Vista 64 needs 4 gig and Vista 32 needs 2 gig or it's going to be a slow, frustrating go at just about anything. Do you realize just how insane that sounds? Vista is running the same programs but requires twice the memory? The memory footprint of the programs hasn't changed. Jeez. 73 de Brian, WB6RQN/J79BPL _ Windows Live(tm) SkyDrive(tm): Get 25 GB of free online storage. http://windowslive.com/online/skydrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_skydrive_042009 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Program stopping
Yep, that's the whole idea. No new functionality or improved stability since Win 2000 as far as most users are concerned, but look at the revenue stream. Not a bad game if you can get away with it. I'm using XP now, but once the new architecture comes out, I'm on OS X with everything and if I didn't have a Mac, then it would be Linux. Goodbye MS! 73 Wayne On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:05 -0700, Jim Jerzycke kq...@pacbell.net wrote: Well, it makes Micro$oft a lot more money! jim KQ6EA --- On Tue, 4/21/09, Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com wrote: From: Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Program stopping To: Dudley Hurry jhu...@austin.rr.com Cc: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 12:42 PM On Apr 21, 2009, at 12:12 PM, Dudley Hurry wrote: But there is twice as much OS code in Vista over XP.. You make my point for me. My point is that Vista does nothing substantive over and above XP yet has twice as much code. The basic job of the OS has not changed at all. It provides a run-time environment for programs. It still does the same task scheduling, memory management, I/O, etc. The job hasn't changed one iota. For our purposes it does nothing different. So what does all that extra code actually do? Make the screen look cooler when you aren't doing anything? But then, XP didn't do anything more than Win2K did either. Mind boggling. Brian Lloyd Granite Bay Montessori School 9330 Sierra College Bl brian AT gbmontessori DOT com Roseville, CA 95661 +1.916.367.2131 (voice)+1.791.912.8170 (fax) PGP key ID: 12095C52A32A1B6C PGP key fingerprint: 3B1D BA11 4913 3254 B6E0 CC09 1209 5C52 A32A 1B6C ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ 73, Wayne K4ELO k4...@fastmail.fm ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Monitoring 14.329 for Flex 3000s
Dudley Hurry wrote: By this time there should have been some Flex 3000s delivered out there.. I will be monitoring 14.329 Mhz on 20 and CQ100 (same freq as the Sunday Net)so if you would like to show it off or need some assistance, go to 14.329. Twenty meters is not real good right now, but give it a try.. Mine is due to be delivered tomorrow (Weds). UPS won't give a specific time, but it's usually late afternoon. Looks like I'll be calling in to work with a severe attack of Flexitis on Thursday! 73 Alf NU8I Scottsdale AZ DM43an ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Monitoring 14.329 for Flex 3000s
I think Flexitis is an excusable (but contagious) illness that effects us at least twice a month : ) Of course, Newbie Flexitis (those who have just recently been exposed) hits hard during the first month of exposure! Joe www.wc4r.com www.WilliamsburgWX.com Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:34:03 -0700 From: n...@cox.net To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Monitoring 14.329 for Flex 3000s Dudley Hurry wrote: By this time there should have been some Flex 3000s delivered out there.. I will be monitoring 14.329 Mhz on 20 and CQ100 (same freq as the Sunday Net)so if you would like to show it off or need some assistance, go to 14.329. Twenty meters is not real good right now, but give it a try.. Mine is due to be delivered tomorrow (Weds). UPS won't give a specific time, but it's usually late afternoon. Looks like I'll be calling in to work with a severe attack of Flexitis on Thursday! 73 Alf NU8I Scottsdale AZ DM43an ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ _ Rediscover Hotmail®: Get quick friend updates right in your inbox. http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Updates2_042009 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Monitiring 14.329. Other OSes.
Hi All I have the Flex-1500 pre-ordered so I am not QRV with a Flex radio yet but I heard a few weak stations in the noise on my TS-570D earlier today before I had to go deal with a partially flooded basement and a backed up drain. I'll keep listening for calls in that frequency. It's too bad Power SDR is coded in C#. I guess folks running under Linux it are running Mono to get it compiled and running on Ubuntu? I have been running Linux as my main daily OS since 2002 and using it as a desktop user since 1999. If Microsoft ever decides to use some patents and shut Mono down it can. Writing new code so it will compile anywhere seems like a good plan looking towards the future. Windows 7 sounds like Vista service pack 3 and it is still full of the DRM features that contribute to Vista being what it is. openSuSE 11.1 runs great for me. The XP pro install on this two year old computer has about an hour total time on it. I just run Linux all the time. I plan on a dedicated XP machine to run my Flex-1500 and other radios in the near future. Supporting more than one OS is expensive and time intensive so I don't expect Flex Radio to cater to a minority. It would just be nice if other OSes were supported looking towards the future with code that can run anywhere. Hearing a station down in the noise again just now. Steven -- KC6KGE Monitoring 52.560 , 146.550 Simplex tone squelch PL 100 and, 442.950 + PL 103.5 or 443.900 + PL 100 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Antenna Config Modes Questions
I would like to set up my 5000 that has an RX2 and the latest HRFIO to the following; Antenna 1 is hooked up to a SGC-239 remote tuner for all HF bands. Antenna 3 is hooked up to stacked 6 meter loops and I have a DEMI preamp on the RX1 RX2 BNC ports on the 5000 Is it possible to have Antenna 1 going to RX1 (all HF bands) and Antenna 2 to RX2 is for 6 meters only? I have read Different Antenna Configuration Modes for the FLEX-5000 http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50385.aspx?Keywords=antenna+modes but cannot see how to do what I want to do. Thanks Zack N8FNR ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Program stopping
Affirmative to goodbye to MS! -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of k4...@fastmail.fm Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 4:57 PM To: Flex Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Program stopping Yep, that's the whole idea. No new functionality or improved stability since Win 2000 as far as most users are concerned, but look at the revenue stream. Not a bad game if you can get away with it. I'm using XP now, but once the new architecture comes out, I'm on OS X with everything and if I didn't have a Mac, then it would be Linux. Goodbye MS! 73 Wayne On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:05 -0700, Jim Jerzycke kq...@pacbell.net wrote: Well, it makes Micro$oft a lot more money! jim KQ6EA --- On Tue, 4/21/09, Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com wrote: From: Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Program stopping To: Dudley Hurry jhu...@austin.rr.com Cc: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 12:42 PM On Apr 21, 2009, at 12:12 PM, Dudley Hurry wrote: But there is twice as much OS code in Vista over XP.. You make my point for me. My point is that Vista does nothing substantive over and above XP yet has twice as much code. The basic job of the OS has not changed at all. It provides a run-time environment for programs. It still does the same task scheduling, memory management, I/O, etc. The job hasn't changed one iota. For our purposes it does nothing different. So what does all that extra code actually do? Make the screen look cooler when you aren't doing anything? But then, XP didn't do anything more than Win2K did either. Mind boggling. Brian Lloyd Granite Bay Montessori School 9330 Sierra College Bl brian AT gbmontessori DOT com Roseville, CA 95661 +1.916.367.2131 (voice)+1.791.912.8170 (fax) PGP key ID: 12095C52A32A1B6C PGP key fingerprint: 3B1D BA11 4913 3254 B6E0 CC09 1209 5C52 A32A 1B6C ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ 73, Wayne K4ELO k4...@fastmail.fm ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Antenna Config Modes Questions
The only options for the RX2 is ANT-1, RX2-IN and the RX1-TAP. Why not put the HF on ANT-2 or ANT-3 and put 6m on ANT-1 and use the RX loop for the preamp? -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of vtnn...@comcast.net Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 7:49 PM To: Flex Radio Subject: [Flexradio] Antenna Config Modes Questions I would like to set up my 5000 that has an RX2 and the latest HRFIO to the following; Antenna 1 is hooked up to a SGC-239 remote tuner for all HF bands. Antenna 3 is hooked up to stacked 6 meter loops and I have a DEMI preamp on the RX1 RX2 BNC ports on the 5000 Is it possible to have Antenna 1 going to RX1 (all HF bands) and Antenna 2 to RX2 is for 6 meters only? I have read Different Antenna Configuration Modes for the FLEX-5000 http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50385.aspx?Keywords=antenna+modes but cannot see how to do what I want to do. Thanks Zack N8FNR ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: Monitoring 14.329 for Flex 3000s
Just wait until you get Flexitis with reoccurring chronic updatus SVNus. :-) -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Joe Roth Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 6:45 PM To: Flex Radio Subject: [SPAM] Re: [Flexradio] Monitoring 14.329 for Flex 3000s I think Flexitis is an excusable (but contagious) illness that effects us at least twice a month : ) Of course, Newbie Flexitis (those who have just recently been exposed) hits hard during the first month of exposure! Joe www.wc4r.com www.WilliamsburgWX.com Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:34:03 -0700 From: n...@cox.net To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Monitoring 14.329 for Flex 3000s Dudley Hurry wrote: By this time there should have been some Flex 3000s delivered out there.. I will be monitoring 14.329 Mhz on 20 and CQ100 (same freq as the Sunday Net)so if you would like to show it off or need some assistance, go to 14.329. Twenty meters is not real good right now, but give it a try.. Mine is due to be delivered tomorrow (Weds). UPS won't give a specific time, but it's usually late afternoon. Looks like I'll be calling in to work with a severe attack of Flexitis on Thursday! 73 Alf NU8I Scottsdale AZ DM43an ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ _ Rediscover Hotmail(r): Get quick friend updates right in your inbox. http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Updates2_042009 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Program stopping
And it makes more money for the manufacturers of the hardware: every upgrade of Micro$$$oft software requires more disk space, more memory and a faster CPU. It's an incestuous relationship. Alan NV8A On 04/21/09 04:05 pm Jim Jerzycke wrote: Well, it makes Micro$oft a lot more money! But there is twice as much OS code in Vista over XP.. You make my point for me. My point is that Vista does nothing substantive over and above XP yet has twice as much code. The basic job of the OS has not changed at all. It provides a run-time environment for programs. It still does the same task scheduling, memory management, I/O, etc. The job hasn't changed one iota. For our purposes it does nothing different. So what does all that extra code actually do? Make the screen look cooler when you aren't doing anything? But then, XP didn't do anything more than Win2K did either. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Antenna Config Modes Questions
Tim's suggestion is what I've done at my station. I too would have prefered setting up RX2 as the 6M receiver. However, since the preamp is connected to the RX1 in/out ports, you need to use RX1 for 6M. Unfortunately, using RX2 for the HF bands is not as convenient as RX1. I know of no easy way to connect a 6M preamp to RX2, but may eventually bite the bullet and install my own external relays. That way I can be monitoring 50.125 while operating HF on RX1. 73, Clay W7CE - Original Message - From: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com To: vtnn...@comcast.net; Flex Radio flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 6:28 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Antenna Config Modes Questions The only options for the RX2 is ANT-1, RX2-IN and the RX1-TAP. Why not put the HF on ANT-2 or ANT-3 and put 6m on ANT-1 and use the RX loop for the preamp? -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of vtnn...@comcast.net Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 7:49 PM To: Flex Radio Subject: [Flexradio] Antenna Config Modes Questions I would like to set up my 5000 that has an RX2 and the latest HRFIO to the following; Antenna 1 is hooked up to a SGC-239 remote tuner for all HF bands. Antenna 3 is hooked up to stacked 6 meter loops and I have a DEMI preamp on the RX1 RX2 BNC ports on the 5000 Is it possible to have Antenna 1 going to RX1 (all HF bands) and Antenna 2 to RX2 is for 6 meters only? I have read Different Antenna Configuration Modes for the FLEX-5000 http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50385.aspx?Keywords=antenna+modes but cannot see how to do what I want to do. Thanks Zack N8FNR ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: Antenna Config Modes Questions
One other advantage of having RX2 on ANT-1 is that you can do SO2R. You can choose which VFO (RX1 or RX2) to set the TX oscillator so that you can switch back and forth easily using the front console controls. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Clay W7CE Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 9:45 PM To: Flex Radio Subject: [SPAM] Re: [Flexradio] Antenna Config Modes Questions Tim's suggestion is what I've done at my station. I too would have prefered setting up RX2 as the 6M receiver. However, since the preamp is connected to the RX1 in/out ports, you need to use RX1 for 6M. Unfortunately, using RX2 for the HF bands is not as convenient as RX1. I know of no easy way to connect a 6M preamp to RX2, but may eventually bite the bullet and install my own external relays. That way I can be monitoring 50.125 while operating HF on RX1. 73, Clay W7CE - Original Message - From: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com To: vtnn...@comcast.net; Flex Radio flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 6:28 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Antenna Config Modes Questions The only options for the RX2 is ANT-1, RX2-IN and the RX1-TAP. Why not put the HF on ANT-2 or ANT-3 and put 6m on ANT-1 and use the RX loop for the preamp? -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of vtnn...@comcast.net Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 7:49 PM To: Flex Radio Subject: [Flexradio] Antenna Config Modes Questions I would like to set up my 5000 that has an RX2 and the latest HRFIO to the following; Antenna 1 is hooked up to a SGC-239 remote tuner for all HF bands. Antenna 3 is hooked up to stacked 6 meter loops and I have a DEMI preamp on the RX1 RX2 BNC ports on the 5000 Is it possible to have Antenna 1 going to RX1 (all HF bands) and Antenna 2 to RX2 is for 6 meters only? I have read Different Antenna Configuration Modes for the FLEX-5000 http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50385.aspx?Keywords=antenna+modes but cannot see how to do what I want to do. Thanks Zack N8FNR ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Ideas for adding ALC for Linear Amps to the Flex Radios.
Hello Flex Forum, Subject: Ideas for providing an ALC input from Linear Amplifiers for the Flex 5000 and other FLEX radio products. “Normally”, ALC (Automatic Level Control) for a ham radio linear amplifier has been provided by having an analog output of the linear amplifier and a mated (similarly calibrated) analog input to the HF transceiver. Typically, when the Linear Amp (LA) draws more that some desired amount of grid current, the ALC output goes negative and this signal is used in the transceiver to reduce the input power to the LA. The Flex 5000 currently has no such capability and I personally would like to add it to my own unit. At first glance, there appear to be a number of ways to provide such the ALC feature in the existing system. 1) If there were an A/D converter input available, the ALC signal from the amplifier could be input to the Analog input and the digital measurement could be fed to the SDR software in the PC. If the level was above some threshold, the RF output of the Flex Radio would be turned down with about a time constant of perhaps a half second. Then, whenever the radio was transmitting, the SDR software could adjust the drive level slowly in the Upward direction when the peak level was below a set threshold. The “up” time constant could be in the range of many seconds and with a small guard band to eliminate “pumping” of the RF level and yet eliminate overdrive of the linear amplifier. This appears to be the ideal approach as it is in keeping with maximum SDR flexibility and programmability. But: There is (as far as I know) not an A/D converter input available in the Flex 5000A hardware. 2) Another possibility would be to find a suitable low level transmit RF spot in the Flex 5000A transmit circuitry and insert a wideband electronically adjustable attenuator/amp such as the Analog Devices AD8367 (see: http://www.analog.com/library/analogDialogue/archives/36-01/xAmp/index.html) This converter/attenuator chip has +5db to about –40db gain from below 1mhz to over 500mhz. The voltage output range is 50mv to 950mv. Cost is about $5 in quantity for this IC, but perhaps there are lower cost circuits available. So the question is: Is there a suitable place in the Flex 5000A transmitter circuit to place such a device? In fact, the ALC’s “authority” could be limited to less than maybe 10db max and if the ALC was “maxed out” the user would simply turn down the Flex 5000’s basic transmit power setting. Care would have to be taken to put the attenuator in a spot where the Flex 5000 Circuitry did not try to bring the power level UP when the ALC turned it DOWN! 3) There may be a spot in the transmit circuitry of the Flex 5000 where there is already an ALC channel which can be modified. If there IS an existing analog ALC channel in the Flex 5000, it may be possible to sum in another signal (with the proper levels and time constants) from the HF amp’s ALC system to keep the Flex RF output where we want it for the LA. 4) Another (less clean) possibility is the use of the already available “buttons” on the Shuttle Pro control. I think it is possible to set one button for “turn up the power level” and another for “turn down the power level”. It would be possible to set up a couple of comparators to measure the ALC output of the LA and if it was too high an optocoupler could “press the DOWN POWER button and if too low could press the UP POWER button. This circuit would take about 7ICs and cost maybe $5 in parts plus a tiny PCB. It would need 3V or 5V power. Now.. I am off to peruse the schematics. But if some of you experts have any comments and especially on numbers 1, 2, and 3 above, please do speak up. There is no desire on my part to open up my box and start making measurements and trying things if “you guys” have already explored the territory and have suggestions! Thanks for any constructive comments! Joe Mehaffey W2JO 404-275-9830 See Product reviews of GPS Car Navigators, Geocaching, Hiking and other equipment at http://gpsinformation.net ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Ideas for adding ALC for Linear Amps to the Flex Radios.
Steve, K5FR of DDUtil fame is building a software driven FlexWire ALC widget. http://flexwire-adapter.blogspot.com/ -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Joe Mehaffey Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 11:30 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Ideas for adding ALC for Linear Amps to the Flex Radios. Hello Flex Forum, Subject: Ideas for providing an ALC input from Linear Amplifiers for the Flex 5000 and other FLEX radio products. Normally, ALC (Automatic Level Control) for a ham radio linear amplifier has been provided by having an analog output of the linear amplifier and a mated (similarly calibrated) analog input to the HF transceiver. Typically, when the Linear Amp (LA) draws more that some desired amount of grid current, the ALC output goes negative and this signal is used in the transceiver to reduce the input power to the LA. The Flex 5000 currently has no such capability and I personally would like to add it to my own unit. At first glance, there appear to be a number of ways to provide such the ALC feature in the existing system. 1) If there were an A/D converter input available, the ALC signal from the amplifier could be input to the Analog input and the digital measurement could be fed to the SDR software in the PC. If the level was above some threshold, the RF output of the Flex Radio would be turned down with about a time constant of perhaps a half second. Then, whenever the radio was transmitting, the SDR software could adjust the drive level slowly in the Upward direction when the peak level was below a set threshold. The up time constant could be in the range of many seconds and with a small guard band to eliminate pumping of the RF level and yet eliminate overdrive of the linear amplifier. This appears to be the ideal approach as it is in keeping with maximum SDR flexibility and programmability. But: There is (as far as I know) not an A/D converter input available in the Flex 5000A hardware. 2) Another possibility would be to find a suitable low level transmit RF spot in the Flex 5000A transmit circuitry and insert a wideband electronically adjustable attenuator/amp such as the Analog Devices AD8367 (see: http://www.analog.com/library/analogDialogue/archives/36-01/xAmp/index.html) This converter/attenuator chip has +5db to about -40db gain from below 1mhz to over 500mhz. The voltage output range is 50mv to 950mv. Cost is about $5 in quantity for this IC, but perhaps there are lower cost circuits available. So the question is: Is there a suitable place in the Flex 5000A transmitter circuit to place such a device? In fact, the ALC's authority could be limited to less than maybe 10db max and if the ALC was maxed out the user would simply turn down the Flex 5000's basic transmit power setting. Care would have to be taken to put the attenuator in a spot where the Flex 5000 Circuitry did not try to bring the power level UP when the ALC turned it DOWN! 3) There may be a spot in the transmit circuitry of the Flex 5000 where there is already an ALC channel which can be modified. If there IS an existing analog ALC channel in the Flex 5000, it may be possible to sum in another signal (with the proper levels and time constants) from the HF amp's ALC system to keep the Flex RF output where we want it for the LA. 4) Another (less clean) possibility is the use of the already available buttons on the Shuttle Pro control. I think it is possible to set one button for turn up the power level and another for turn down the power level. It would be possible to set up a couple of comparators to measure the ALC output of the LA and if it was too high an optocoupler could press the DOWN POWER button and if too low could press the UP POWER button. This circuit would take about 7ICs and cost maybe $5 in parts plus a tiny PCB. It would need 3V or 5V power. Now.. I am off to peruse the schematics. But if some of you experts have any comments and especially on numbers 1, 2, and 3 above, please do speak up. There is no desire on my part to open up my box and start making measurements and trying things if you guys have already explored the territory and have suggestions! Thanks for any constructive comments! Joe Mehaffey W2JO 404-275-9830 See Product reviews of GPS Car Navigators, Geocaching, Hiking and other equipment at http://gpsinformation.net ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives:
